I forgot about Digikey and ECG from 20 years ago. Good old RS. Handy parts place. Sorry to hear that. Thanks, Gerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Curley McLain wrote:
> You can always order caps form digikey or the like. That is the only > option I've had for years. > > BTW, radio junk is in bankruptcy again, and just announced more store > closings. poor price/value ratio for decades. Not company shares, > retail inventory. > > > archer75--- via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > March 10, 2017 at 1:22 AM > > I would bet on capacitor(s) being bad. I have the same unit except > > smaller that started having similar problems. Took it apart and > > replaced capacitors with used capacitors since RS didn't have the > > right size. Worked fine for several months and then misbehaved again. > > If I remember to buy correct size caps next time in a big town, they > > might fix it unless something else is destroying the caps. > > A number of years ago a Chinese company that normally produced good > > caps, sold millions to various oriental manufacturers, and they went > > bad in a matter of months to years. > > I had an HP printer go bad in less than a year which was probably bad > > caps, but low priced printers are hardly worth fixing, so I just > > bought a different one. > > Cap gets hot, electrolyte vaporizes, cap quits working, unit cools > > down, electrolyte cools, cap starts working, electrolyte boils again, > > unit quits workingk, etc., etc.; or something like that IIRC. > > Gerry > > ~~~~ > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
